Kern County is an area with approximately 918,000 residents, located in California’s Central Valley. Bakersfield is the county’s seat and largest city. Many crimes and serious problems have been linked to prostitution in the county. For example, a relatively routine prostitution case in 2009 involved a Rio Norte Junior High School teaching assistant and her […]
Kent is a city of approximately 145,000 residents in Washington state, just south of Seattle, WA, located in King County, WA. Similar to neighboring Seattle and other communities within King County, Kent has struggled with prostitution and sex trafficking problems for decades. Among the more serious issues related to the area’s commercial sex market are […]
Kenner is a city of approximately 67,000 residents, located 20 minutes west of New Orleans in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Prostitution and sex trafficking have been documented in the city. A man who killed two prostituted women took at least one victim in Kenner. The Kenner Police Department routinely targets individuals soliciting sex online. In its efforts, it […]
Kauai County has a population of roughly 73,000 and is located on the island of Kauai, about 100 miles west of Honolulu. Its county seat is Lihue, HI. Prostitution and sex trafficking, including child sex trafficking, have been documented in the county. Consumer level demand provides the revenue stream for all prostitution and sex trafficking, and […]
Kasson is a city of about 7,000 residents, located west of Rochester in Dodge County, Minnesota. Prostitution has been documented in the city, and has led to complaints to police. Local residents have also been arrested in adjacent communities for attempting to purchase sex from undercover officers posing as minor girls; in mid-2013, media outlets similarly reported […]
Kansas City, Missouri is a city of approximately 508,000 residents located in Jackson County, MO. The city and surrounding areas have had well documented problems with prostitution and sex trafficking for many decades. Given the structure of the twin cities of Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, MO, many of the police operations and other […]
Kanawha County, West Virginia has a population of about 178,000 and is located in the central part of the state. It includes the city of Charleston, which serves as the county seat and the state capital. Prostitution activity has been well-documented within the county, and the problems and ancillary crimes it generates results in complaints […]
Kansas City, Kansas is a city on the northeastern border of the Kansas state, with a population of about 153,000 residents. It is the third largest city in the state of Kansas and is the largest city and seat of Wyandotte County, KS. Given the structure of the twin cities of Kansas City, Kansas and […]
Kalamazoo is a city of approximately 76,000 residents, located in southwestern Michigan. Like their neighbors in nearby Battle Creek, Kalamazoo residents have reported an increase in commercial sex activity in recent years. A number of serious crimes and other problems are associated with the local commercial sex market. For example, child sex trafficking and the […]
Junction City is a small city of approximately 23,000 residents about an hour’s drive west of Topeka, Kansas. It is the largest city and county seat of Geary County, KS. Cases of prostitution and sex trafficking have been reported in the community for decades. This activity and its ancillary crimes has generated complaints to local […]
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